Edge City - (Joel Garreau, Doubleday, 1988) -Garreau’s book is just as embarrassing to architects and city planners as Jacobs’s was, because the real action (this time in new peripheral cities) has once again eluded their notice and theory. Garreau, a demographer and Washington Post journalist, reveals more of present-day American reality than any other book I can think of. (Garreau edits an expensive newsletter to keep up with the rapid change in edge cities, from PO Box 1145, Warrenton, VA 22186.)
